Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-08-27

| Took Her Camera.
SIZE KEPT her EYES OPEN AND TOLD sSTAR" RE
PORTER WHAT SHE sAw-HER oBsERv ATOMS IN
HONOLULU WHEN THE STREETS WE'RE BARf1CADEp
| 1t is q most unusual occurrence now adays for a
| lady. and particularly young lady, to do much
travelling alone. Yet 1t is nevertheless fact that
visitor to this city, Miss Alice Miier from Perth
| Scotland, has, or will have when she reaches
| Perth about month later, made the entire cir
cult of the world without an escort and without
an insult This Is indeed remarkable when one
considers the character OF the regions through
which she passed and the manner of men she
met Previous to this trp, which she regards
most lightly Miss Miller has traversed the Allan.
tic Ocean number OF times, and has crossed this
continent twice. Her story OF the last voyage is
| an interesting one and the following is brief
sketch which STAR reporter Was enabled to OBJ
tain through the courtesy OF Miss Miller and Of
her host, prominent physician OF Capitol Hill.
MISS NlLLER's STORY.
"Now, am sure" she said, "that you Washing
ton people will not be in the least interested In
my little trip but II you insist SHALL of course,
| year ago. bound for Australia. The course down
the western coast OF Europe and into the Mediter-
ranean Sea was the usual one, and came in con-
tact with only the familiar scenes and shores OF
well.known lands l had become q little tired OF
the Worn.out touring places, and accordingly !
was heading for strange and unknown country
with which to relieve my ennui Passing through
the Straits OF Gibraltar we sailed straight up the
Mediterranean. and finally emerged, through the
Suez Canal, into the Red Sea. The first sights
that attracted my attention after passing Into
! this more suitry climate were the wonderful
TANKS Ks a. abs Aqep bs means o. which tine M
with water. Then we sailed into the Indian
ocean, and for several days enjoyed to the utmost
| the marvellous atmospheric changes that are
prevalent there. The sunsets are quite divine,
giving one, think, more idea of sky-colorng than
any other region In the world. We sailed by the
Penfnsular and Oriental steamship Co., which Is
the Disappointed line OF steamers in the East.
THE PLACE WHERE cARDAMoN SEEDS GROW.
ave made our first landing at Colombo CeyiOn,
and visited the immense Plantations of that
island. Tea, coffee, Spices cinchona, and partic-
ulary carda1nOn seeds are grown here tn vast
with our young men it seems. who go TO the thea
ter and then retreat between the acts. AT any
rate, eardamons form large part of the products
or CeylOn. Coffee is worn out as q staple there
and tea Is rapidly taking its place. Tie Indian
teas are giving those OF China hard push Tor
supremacy. One OF the most beautiful sights of
Ceylon is the Evergreen Island, which IS covered
with magnificent Towering shrubs which would
thrill bOtanist with Joy.
lett Tor Australia. II takes fortnight TO reach
hing Georges Sound, the objective point and the
nrst ianding-plaee: we then sailed around TO
Adelaide in Southern Australia, which is famous
lOr us great expectations or fine grapes.
AN AMERICAN CITY IN AUSTRALIA.
'Our next stopping place was Melbourne, which
think is the most American city that saw out
side OF this country in my whole trip. Why do
call it American? Well because it had such an
air OF restless, feveriSh anxiety to go ahead
think that that is the most characteristic feature
OF the American civilization; its enterprise it's
ergy and dauntless pluck is astonishing to US OF
the English family. On the other hand sydney is
thoroughly English in its staid, conservative quail
tiles This city Is world-renOwned for its magntl-
cent harbOr, which IS, believe, unsurpassed. The
orange trade OF Sydney Is growing Into large pro-
portions.
IN THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH.
"While at sydney we drove into the bush, which
Is the distinguishing feature OF all Australian seem
cry. 1t is tangle OF vines trees, and shrubs, and
is at places impenetrable. There are thousands Of
square miles OF bush and blue-gum trees, and they
become 50 HOMOGENEOUS in their frequency that
Willie travelling through the country used to shut
my eyes so that should not see the almost end
less repetition OF bush and blue-gums. The most
common den1Zen OF the bush Is the native bear,
which is nothing more than kind OF untamed
puSSy-cat, Or What you Americans call q wild cat.
The trees and fields are fun OF them: kangaroos
are still to be seen, although they being rapidly
depOpulated by your horrid circus managers. who
carry of hundreds annually.
I'm the Blue Mountains there Is q grateful change
OF scene, the country becoming more broken aud
picturesque. l think that the scenery here Is
much the same as that on the Canadian Pacific
Railroad. The rail line up the mountains follows
a ZigZag route, and the situations are very beau
llIu. we spent ABOUT d lOrLnignt III AUSTRALIA.
almost forgot to say that in Melbourne quarter
OF lamb costs about Is cents Would not our
market dealers gloat over such prices?
MAORI LAND.
"Next we went to New Zealand, in which was
more thoroughly Interested than any spot we
visited. The first town we touched was Hobart.
not, as is usually termed HobartowD, for the In
habitantS are now becoming more dignified, and
feel chagrined whenever their city Is called by
the latter name This Is in Tasmania ana the
Det.u1ir It's luxuri3nt COMM.
nation OF both English and tropical vegetation.
II Is 4 great resort for tlval1ds. Then we pro-
Otago, which is thoroughly Scotch In all OF its
features. You may be sure / Was pleased with
that. for above all things love comes scotland.
This province was founded by descendant OF
Robert Burns, and all OF the streets are called
after those OF dear Old Edinburgh. In Dunedin
there is a cable line OF cars ascending what
Is considered the steepest grade in The word.
Canterbury, province just to the north
OF otago, is entirely English. The princi-
sheep. and its success depends entirely upon the
price OF wool in the LONDON markets. Sheep sell
from tep 10 thirty Genus head. But the rabbits
are just running the proprieIorS and tenants. On
one sheep run, which IL the equivalent OF
your American word ranch containing 10, 900
acres OF land, $4,000 rabbits were kiIied
In one year. for wnicn a Government bonus OF
$4,000 was paid. Everything has been tried to ex-
terminate these pesls-poisoning by phospnorous,
They have even gone SO far as to make arrange
ments 10 transplant number OF Canadian raD-
bits, which are periodically besot with a peculiar
kind OF fatal epidemic 50 that the destruction
might be spread among the rabbits or New Zea-
land. But the most approved method OF extermi-
nation Is by means or Ierrets, which are supposed
TO be the natural enemy OF tile rabbit on THIS
same sheep-run 900 ferretS were loosed in the
next year, ami now the annual return OF rabbits
Is 5000, instead or 100000 The sheep were be-
fore reduced from 80, OUU $4,000 by tie rabbits,
and now, through RABBIT poisoning and sheep cul-
uvatiOn, they have increased to O,OOO.
ENCOURAGING IMMIGRATION.
"The great desire OF the people OF New Zealand is
to add to the population OF the country Migration
is encouraged and numbers or Chinese annually
come there. Labor OF oil kinds Is scarce and
wages are high. The climate Is the reverse OF
ours, the months OF JANUARY and February being
mOmeter registers a temperature Of no degrees in
the shade, and In June and July it goes down at
times TO below zero. Our travels through the
islands were full OF interest. You are considered
no good In New zealand il you cannot do q days
journey ON horseback, for, owing to the uninl-
means OF sightseeing. 1 carried my amateur
Photographic apparatus with me and made
several Interesting, II not artistic, views which
give one some idea OF the character of the country
''FOr instance, here IL one which exhibits the I'M
mensity Of the sheep-raising industry. Down
dots that extend out into the fields at the foot OF
the hill Well the farmer, owner OF the land, ex-
planned to me that in that flock there were
"a 600 head or sheep, which he was shifting from
one pasture to another. Here is q scene which
shows portion Of Mt. Cook, which, In the Maori
Aorang1, or the 'cloud-percer.' 1t is over 1900
feet nigh. Notwithstanding the grandeur OF the
glacial and volcanic scenery with which New
Zealand abounds, the several Americans who